Vantiv Inc (NYSE:VNTV) is scheduled to be posting its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 3rd. Individual that wish to listen to the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

In related news, Director Jeffrey E. Stiefler sold 2,271 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.75, for a total value of $115,253.25. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Daniela Mielke sold 974 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.62, for a total value of $48,329.88. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 6,614 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $328,186.68. The disclosure for this sale can be found here.

Vantiv Inc (NYSE:VNTV) opened at 47.05 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $46.51 and its 200 day moving average price is $46.50. Vantiv Inc has a 52-week low of $33.92 and a 52-week high of $53.46. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.82 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.77.

VNTV has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Jefferies Group upped their target price on Vantiv to $58.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 3rd. Zacks Investment Research raised Vantiv from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $56.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 2nd. Deutsche Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Vantiv in a research note on Thursday, October 29th. Vetr raised Vantiv from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $54.43 target price on the stock in a research note on Monday, December 7th. Finally, Evercore ISI upped their target price on Vantiv from $60.00 to $61.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 5th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seventeen have given a buy rating to the company. The stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $52.65.

Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE:VNTV) is a holding company that conducts its operations through its majority-owned subsidiary, Vantiv Holding, LLC (Vantiv Holding). The Company operates in two segments: Merchant Services and Financial Institution Services. The Merchant Services segment provides merchant acquiring and payment processing services to national merchants, regional and small-to-mid sized businesses. Merchant Services includes aspects of card processing, including authorization and settlement, customer service, chargeback and retrieval processing and interchange management. The Financial Institution Service segment provides card issuer processing, payment network processing, fraud protection, card production, prepaid program management, automated teller machine (ATM) driving and network gateway and switching services. It also offers processing for accounts, such as business cards, home equity lines of credit and health savings accounts.

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